The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that the boy boarded a Jetstar flight before being tackled to the ground by passengers. The boy was detained by three passengers before police arrived, according to U.K. newspaper The Guardian.

Passengers overpower teenager ‘brandishing shotgun’ on Australia flight: ‘You don’t think, you act’ - Avalon airport in Victoria shut and flights cancelled after incident

A teenage boy has been arrested after breaching airport fencing and trying to board a plane with a shotgun, before being overpowered by passengers.